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Topic: Cheyenne (disambiguation)


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  Cheyenne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cheyenne language is part of the larger Algonquian language group, and is one of the few Plains Algonquian languages to have developed tonal characteristics.
The closest linguistic relatives of the Cheyenne language are Arapaho and Ojibwa (Chippewa).
The Cheyenne, along with the Lakota and Apache nations, were the last nations to be subdued and placed on reservations (the Seminole tribe of Florida was never subdued.).
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 Wyoming - LoveToKnow 1911
There are sandstone deposits in Carbon county, which supplied the stone for the Capitol at Cheyenne and the state penitentiary; and from the Iron mountain quarries in Laramie county was taken the white variety used in building the Carnegie library and the Federal building in Cheyenne.
One extends from Cheyenne S.E. to Holdredge, Nebraska; the main line crosses the N.E. of the state to Billings, Montana, whence it extends S. to Cody and Kirby in the Bighorn basin, Wyoming; while another branch from Alliance, Nebraska, extends to the iron mines at Guernsey.
Farther E. Cheyenne was laid out by the Union Pacific Railroad (July 1867), a city government was established in August, newspapers began publication, and Laramie county was organized before the arrival of the first railway train on the 13th of November 1867.
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 Cheyenne Information
The Cheyenne language is part of the larger Algonquian language group, and is one of the few Plains Algonquian languages to have developed tonal characteristics.
In the Indian Wars, the Cheyenne were the victims of the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, in which the Colorado Militia killed 600 Cheyenne.
The Cheyenne, along with the Lakota and Apache nations, were the last nations to be subdued and placed on reservations (the Seminole tribe of Florida was never subdued.).
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 Cheyenne -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cheyenne is one of the Algonquian languages, which is a subphylum of the Algic languages.
Cheyenne is spoken on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana and in Oklahoma.
The Cheyenne River is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota.
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 William Frederick Cody - LoveToKnow 1911
In 1867 he made a contract with the Kansas Pacific railway to furnish its employees with buffalo meat while the line was being extended through the wilderness, and his name of "Buffalo Bill" was given him from this circumstance.
In1868-1872he was again an army scout and guide, serving against the Sioux and Cheyennes; and in 1872 was a member of the Nebraska house of representatives.
During the Sioux-Cheyenne War of 1876 he served in the 5th United States Cavalry, and at the battle of Indian Creek killed the Cheyenne chief Yellow Hand in single combat.
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 biology - Cheyenne
The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, closely allied with the Arapaho and loosely allied with the Lakota (Sioux).
The Cheyenne language is a tonal language and is part of the larger Algonquian language group.
In the Indian Wars, the Cheyenne were the victims of the Sand Creek Massacre in which the Colorado Militia killed 600 Cheyenne.
www.biologydaily.com /biology/Cheyenne   (854 words)

  
 Cheyenne (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheyenne is the name of a Colonial Marine dropship in the movie Aliens.
Cheyenne is also the name of a light-gun arcade game by Exidy.
This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 Cheyenne - Gasta.com - Search Engine & Web Directory
Cheyenne is the capital of Wyoming, a state of the United States of America.
Cheyenne Bodie was a tall, strapping half-breed frontier scout in the days...
Cheyenne was originally seen as one of three rotating elements of Warner Bros....
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 Cheyenne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Cheyenne nation comprised 10 bands, spread all over the Great Plains, from southern Colorado to the Black Hills in South Dakota.
The Cheyenne, along with the Lakota and a small band of Arapaho, annihilated George Armstrong Custer and his contingent.
It is estimated that population of the encampment of the Cheyenne, Lakota and Arapaho along the Little Bighorn River was around 10,000; which would make it one of the largest gathering of Native Americans in North America in pre-reservation times.
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 Cheyenne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
CHEYENNE - One year after a fire destroyed a building in Cheyenne's historic downtown, no arrests have been made, despite investigators' conclusion that the fire was deliberately set.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Federal officials have declared a Riverton-area farm free of vesicular stomatitis, lifting the last of the quarantines on affected livestock in the state, the Wyoming Livestock Board announced Thursday.
CHEYENNE -- Prompted by health studies that say secondhand smoke is harmful, Cheyenne City Council member Don Pierson says he's ready to push legislation early next year to ban smoking in city restaurants -- and possibly also in bars and other public places.
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 Vacilando.net on Norad
Cheyenne Mountain was one of the settings of the 1983 motion picture WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick as a teenager who hacked NORAD's main computer and almost started a nuclear war (more precisely referred to as "global thermonuclear war" in the movie).
Cheyenne Mountain is featured prominently in the television show Stargate SG-1, as it is the location for the fictional Stargate Command.
In the popular animated series South Park, Cheyenne Mountain was the target of a hybrid of Eric Cartman and Trapper Keeper, where, unless stopped, it would have ushered in a new age of robot control of the earth.
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 CalendarHome.com - George Armstrong Custer - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This was regarded as the first substantial U.S. victory in the Indian Wars and a significant portion to the southern branch of the Cheyenne Nation was forced onto a U.S. appointed reservation.
This delayed a scheduled expedition against members of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations who resisted being confined to their designated reservations, in which Custer was to be involved.
Early reports attributed this to the respect the Indians had for his valor but it is doubtful he was recognized as he was dressed in buckskins and his “long hair” was cut short before the battle.
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 Cheyenne
The Cheyenne nation is composed of two united tribes, the Sotaae'o [no definite translation] and the Tsitsistas, which translates to "Like Hearted People".
It is estimated that only 50 survived the breakout to reunite with the other Northern Cheyenne in Montana.
The Cheyenne, along with the Lakota and Apache nations, were the last nations to be subdued and placed on reservations.
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 North American Aerospace Defense Command:
While the terms "NORAD" and "Cheyenne Mountain" are often used interchangeably to describe the facility, NORAD is the name of the Command, while Cheyenne Mountain is the name of the facility.
Cheyenne Mountain was one of the settings of the 1983 motion picture WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick as a teenager that hacked NORAD's main computer and almost started a nuclear war (more precisely referred to as "thermonuclear war" in the movie).
Cheyenne Mountain is featured prominently in the television show Stargate SG-1, as it is the location for the fictional Stargate Command.
www.winelib.com /wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command   (1145 words)

  
 Wyoming @ HockeyLiving.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The capital and largest city of Wyoming is Cheyenne.
After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, which later became the state capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established on July 25, 1868.
CHEYENNE -- The continual deployments of Wyoming National Guard members is straining employers trying to keep up with the ebb and flow of temporary and permanent employees.
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 CalendarHome.com - Wyoming - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The capital and the most populous city of Wyoming is Cheyenne.
Bridger also explored the Yellowstone region and like Colter, most of his reports on that region of the state were considered at the time to be tall tales.
After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, which later became the state capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, which was established on July 25, 1868.
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 Montana - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Tourism is also important to the economy with millions of visitors a year to Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake, the Missouri River headwaters, the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn and 3 of the 5 entrances to Yellowstone National Park.
Groups included the Crows in the south-central area, the Cheyenne in the southeast, the Blackfeet, Assiniboine and Gros Ventres in the central and north-central region and the Kootenai and Salish in the western sector.
Several Indian reservations are located in Montana: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Crow Indian Reservation, Rocky Boys Indian Reservation, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and the Flathead Indian Reservation.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/o/n/Montana.html   (2251 words)

  
 cheyenne resource page - cheyenne
By the mid 1800's, the Cheyenne had largely abandoned their sedentary/agricultural and pottery traditions and fully adopted the classic nomadic Plains culture.
The Sand Creek Massacre was a pivotal role in the Indian Wars of the west, as news of the event spread, area tribes began to mount a strong offense to settlers/colonists.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A state program to help low-income people afford prescription drugs is open for enrollment again after being closed to new members for the past three years.
www.thetaxglossary.com /Che-to-Chr/cheyenne.php   (2299 words)

  
 Cheyenne - City of Cheyenne
Here in Cheyenne, yesterday's colorful legends come to life, energized by the vitality of one of today's most vibrant western cities.
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment :: Changing the game, one world at a time.
We welcome you to Cheyenne County, Colorado, and we thank you for visiting our site.
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 The cheyenne resource
The epic story of 100 years of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne history is currently in fl and white: a screenplay written by Kizzier and Lakota writer/producer George Amiotte.
Cheyenne East gained more yards against Gillette in Friday night's homecoming football game than any team has so far this season.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department has received only a few hundred of the 1,500 doses of flu vaccine it ordered back in April.
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 NORAD - Information at Halfvalue.com
NORAD's main facilities in Colorado are administered by the U.S. Air Force under the command of the 721st Mission Support Group, part of the 21st Space Wing, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base.
By the early 1970s, the acceptance of mutual assured destruction doctrine led to a cut in the air defense budget and the repositioning of NORAD's mission to ensuring the integrity of airspace during peacetime.
Cheyenne Mountain is the core of Skynet's infrastructure.
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 Wyoming - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For other places with the same name, see Wyoming (disambiguation).
After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, the capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established on July 25, 1868.
Yellowstone National Park became the world's first National Park in 1872 and is located in the far northwestern portion of the state.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wyoming   (753 words)

  
 Marlon Brando Summary
A judge ruled that she was too depressed to raise her child and gave custody of the boy to her mother, Tarita.
Cheyenne took a leave from a mental hospital on Easter Sunday in 1995 to visit her family.
Cheyenne (committed suicide in 1995 at the age of 25)
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 Learn more about Law in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
For other article subjects named law see law (disambiguation).
This article is concerned with laws of politics and jurisprudence: rules of conduct which mandate and/or proscribe specified relationships among people and organizations; as well as punishments for those who do not follow the established rules of conduct.
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 the cheyenne resource page
CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Air National Guard gained by 128 members over the last year and now numbers 1,074.
CHEYENNE -- Government students at Cheyenne's East High School played "stump the politician" last week with U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) _ Representative Ed Case and other members of Congress are urging President Bush to return the Bells of Balangiga to the Philippines.
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 Shamanism - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Image:Kyzyl Shaman.jpg Shamanism refers to a range of traditional beliefs and practices that claim the ability to diagnose and cure human suffering and, in some societies, the ability to cause suffering.
In some societies, shamans exhibit a two-spirit identity, assuming the dress and attributes of the opposite sex from a young age, for example, a man taking on the role of a wife in an otherwise ordinary marriage.
This practice is common, and found among the Chukchee, Sea Dyak, Patagonians, Araucanians, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Navajo, Pawnee, Lakota, and Ute, as well as many other Native American tribes.
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 LINGUIST List 8.567: Whispering and singing in tone lgs
However, if there is ever a discrepancy, in my experience it seems that context disambiguates and secondary devices such as you mentioned are not implemented to do the job.
While all other contempory poets fit their poems to exixting melodies, this person is know to write his own music.
The real answer is, however, and pertinent to your compensation question, all of the whispered vowels re-voice in (extremely rare) shouted form." Again, thanks to all those who responded to my query.
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 Buffalo, white, White, Miracle, Spirit, buffalo, brown, birth, Tupelo, Peace, April, visited, vision - White buffalo
* In 1833, a white bison was killed by the Cheyenne.
The skin of this bison is hanging on the wall of Bent's Old Fort in Colorado.
The Cheyenne killed this white bison during the Leonid Meteor Shower (The Night the Stars Fell) and scribed a peace and trade treaty on its skin.
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 Wyoming - Definition, explanation
For other places with the same name, see Wyoming (disambiguation).
After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, the capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established on July 25, 1868.
Yellowstone National Park became the world's first National Park in 1872 and is located in the far northwestern portion of the state.
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 Cheyenne River Reservation, SD HOMES & LIVING > Packers & Movers > Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, SD, ...
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 Lakota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1776, they defeated the Cheyenne as the Cheyenne had earlier defeated the Kiowa, and gained control of the land which became the center of the Lakota universe.
Initial contacts between the Lakota and the United States, during the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-06, were friendly.
Initially, the Titonwan with their allies, the Arapaho and the Cheyenne, defeated the 7th U.S. Cavalry in 1876 at the Battle at the Greasy Grass/Battle of the Little Bighorn, known also as Custer's Last Stand, since he and all 200 of the troopers under his immediate command perished there.
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